Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

The Relationship Between Homeownership and Life Satisfaction in Germany

The article investigates the relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction in Germany, using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data from 1992 to 2009. The data not only allow controlling for a wide range of variables, but also tackle various measurement problems of previous studies. Ordered logit models support a positive relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction. In addition, ...

Parental investment and the intergenerational transmission of economic preferences and attitudes

We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the upbringing of their children from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents ...

Weiterentwicklung des deutschen Gesundheitssystems. Gutachten im Auftrag des Verbands Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V. (VFA)

Berufliche Belastungen und Ressourcen berufstätiger Patienten der psychosomatischen Rehabilitation im Vergleich zur Allgemeinbevölkerung

Berufsbezogene Belastungsfaktoren spielen eine wichtige Rolle für die Entstehung psychosomatischer Störungen und bei der Vorhersage des Erfolgs psychosomatischer Behandlungen. Um zu bestimmen, wie sich berufsbezogene Belastungsprofile und Ressourcen von der Allgemeinbevölkerung unterscheiden, wurden 461 konsekutive Patienten aus der psychosomatischen Rehabilitation mit matched pairs (Alter, Geschlecht, ...

Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants

Auf dem Weg in die Beschäftigung: Determinanten einer raschen Eingliederung in das Erwerbsleben. Eine empirische Untersuchung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1984-1992

The Expansion of Low-Cost, State-Subsidized Childcare Availability and Mothers’ Return-to-Work Behaviour in East and West Germany

This study investigates whether increased availability of low-cost, state-subsidized childcare for under 3-year-olds in Germany is associated with shorter employment interruptions amongst mothers. By focusing on a major childcare reform in East and West Germany, we examine the effect in two contexts that differ markedly in the acceptance and use of formal childcare and maternal employment. We combine ...

Getting a Job: The Effect of Employment Sectors and Men’s and Women’s Networks

Most jobs these days are never advertised. People find them through social networks. However, access to social networks is unequal by gender. This paper concentrates on how employment sectors that are segregated by gender affect the probability of men and women getting jobs through social networks. Furthermore, the paper reveals how men’s and women’s same-sex contacts are correlated with getting jobs. ...

Inanspruchnahme von Zahnärzten in der BRD

Impact of the Introduction of the Social Long-Term Care Insurance in Germany on Financial Security Assessment in Case of Long-Term Care Need

The discussion concerning long-term care insurance in Germany barely exceeds the financial state of the social system. The view of the insured involved is largely ignored. This paper analyses the effect of the introduction of compulsory long-term care insurance in 1995 in Germany on the perception of financial security when needing long-term care. Using different regression techniques on a subset of ...